In terms of whether Rembrandt painted Portrait of an Elderly Woman in a White Bonnet, the readin

g and listening are contradictory to each other.

First, the writer makes the point that the fur collar the woman is wearing is not consistent with her id
entity. However, the professor demonstrates a different idea that the fur collar was not part of the or
iginal one and it was painted a hundred years after the painting was made.
Second, contrary to the belief in the reading passage that light and shadow in the rating are inconsi
stent, the lecture says that the woman was actually wearing a light colored cloth in the original paint
ing, which reflects the light to illuminate the womans face.
Finally, the author states that Rembrandt should not have painted on a panel made of several piece
s of wood. In contrast , the professor refutes that the original painting was painted on a single piece
of wood from the same tree with another painting by Rembrandt.